Michelle Karvinen

Michelle Karvinen
Born	(1990-03-27) March 27, 1990 Rødovre, Denmark
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight	152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
SM team	Espoo Blues
National team	Finland
Playing career	2009–present
Medal record Women's Ice hockey Representing Finland Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team IIHF World Women's Championships 2011 Switzerland Team 2015 Sweden Team

Michelle Karvinen (born March 27, 1990) is a Danish-Finnish ice hockey player. She is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

She is a senior at the University of North Dakota majoring in graphic design and technology and plays for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's ice hockey program.

She was the only European chosen for the All-Star team at the 2009 World Championships.

NCAA

She began playing hockey for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's ice hockey program in 2010–11. From October 15–16, 2011, Karvinen produced five points, and earned a +5 plus/minus rating as the Fighting Sioux swept the Vermont Catamounts. In a 9–1 win on October 15, 2011, Karvinen scored two goals and set up another for a three-point performance. She assisted on Jocelyne Lamoureux’s game-winning goal at 2:58 of the first period. The following day, she accumulated two more assists in a 4–1 Triumph. For the second consecutive game, she assisted on the game-winning goal, as Monique Lamoureux scored at 15:11 of the second period.

Career stats

Event	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	PIM	+/-
2010 Winter Olympics	1	0	1	6	6	−1

Awards and honors

• Media All-Star team, 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship
• WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 18, 2011)
• WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 25, 2011)
• WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of November 8, 2011)
• WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of February 8, 2012)